Traffic Calming is Everywhere in the Netherlands

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it in road safety and pedestrian death threads as the practical alternative to US road design.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Not Just Bikes

Topic

traffic calming

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I understand your situation, but please also understand that per cycled kilometer, the Netherlands is a lot safer than any other country. There exists no country with as big of a modal share with bicycles, and our accident rates involving bicycles are still super low. …

• And that still doesn't seem to stop reckless driving from killing pedestrians. The only thing that will slow drivers down is when they feel unsafe themselves, or have a risk to their vehicle. Adding signs or automatic fines doesn't do anything. You need narrower streets …

• If I'm reading it right, the advice in your comment is basically "Bad Infrastructure Planning 101" in 2023. The right way to do it is what the Dutch do: [VIDEO] It's called "traffic calming". Oh, and underground pedestrian walkways, skybridges, etc are absolutely horrible long …